Hold me Tight - US broadcast on PBS - Tues 28th July

Watch the broadcast premiere of HOLD ME TIGHT, LET ME GO
Tues, July 28 | 10:00 pm | on POV's 2009 Season on PBS

"Mixing ferocity with tenderness, delicacy with tenacity ... a docu of uncompromised integrity and edge-of-the seat drama." - John Anderson, Variety

At England's Mulberry Bush School for children with severe behavioral problems, the staff has made an unusual commitment in dealing with its students: to forgo the use of drugs, punitive measures, and instruments of restraint in exchange for patience and a firm-yet-loving embrace. When students misbehave, the teachers don't punish them, but instead try to find out why, greeting sometimes violent behavior with consolation and gentle restraint.

Acclaimed filmmaker Kim Longinotto has compassionately documented the students and staff at Mulberry, and WMM invites you to tune in for the national broadcast premiere of her powerful new film HOLD ME TIGHT, LET ME GO, screening Tuesday, July 28 on POV's 2009 Season on PBS.

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Harrowing at one moment and heartwarming the next, HOLD ME TIGHT, LET ME GO introduces five of Mulberry's students over the course of a year, revealing the transformations that are made possible when they are surrounded by love rather than force.

About WMM:
Women Make Movies is the world's leading distributor of independent films by and about women. For the third year in a row, films from WMM took home top prizes at Sundance. ROUGH AUNTIES by acclaimed filmmaker Kim Longinotto won the World Cinema Documentary Jury Prize this year; and last year, THE GREATEST SILENCE: RAPE IN THE CONGO received the Special Jury Prize in documentary. Additionally, WMM's well-established Production Assistance (PA) Program helps American women directors get their stories to the screen. Visit our website www.wmm.com.

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Radio Mic "switch off" - Channel 38 confirmed as replacement for Channel 69

On 30th June Ofcom made it's latest statement on the future of the channel 69 radio mic band.

The Clearing the 800 MHz band statement confirms that channel 69 will be cleared and replaced by channel 38.

Ch38 (606 - 614 MHz) will become available on a UK wide basis from 1 January 2012, as a replacement for Ch69 (854 - 862 MHz);

Ch38 will be available on the same terms as Ch69, you will need to be licensed to use it and you will share it with other licensed users.

PMSE users will continue to have access to Ch61 - 69 (790 - 862 MHz) until at least 1 January 2012, and possibly up to the end of DSO in 2012;

PMSE users will continue to have access to Ch31 - 35 (550 - 590 MHz) until the end of DSO in 2012;

Users of Ch36 (590 - 598 MHz) will be given 12 months notice to vacate once the spectrum has been awarded

Funding will be provided for the move from Ch69 to Ch38 subject to eligibility criteria, but the details won't be announced until October 2009 following a consultation.

JFMG have been devising a channel 38 shared plan and will be consulting with users over the coming months to develop something that best satisfies all requirements.